Our Story

Tinker Pathways was born from a simple belief: the next generation should build the future, not just consume it.

Early 2026

Three teenagers walk into a room

Alfie, Jamie, and Will — three students with no formal experience, no funding, and no idea what they were doing — sat down and decided to build something that would let other young people tinker with the technologies shaping their future.

Spring 2026

First projects, first proof

We started building. Interactive notebooks, agent prototypes, curriculum drafts — all open-source, all free. The more we built, the more we realised no one else was doing this for students our age.

Summer 2026

Tinker Pathways is founded

Registered as a charity, we made it official. Three teenagers with no experience and a plan to make agentic engineering education accessible to every young person, regardless of background.

2026 and beyond

Just getting started

We're building a full pathway from first experiment to first launch — interactive notebooks, open-source tooling, structured curricula, and a community of mentors. Built for students, by students.